Part of the Underground Railroad Episode REALLY HAPPENED!!!
This is so cool!
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Part of the Underground Railroad Episode REALLY HAPPENED!!!
I JUST LEARNED THE COOLEST THING!!!! Remember in "The Underground Railroad," William ships himself to the north in a box in the mail? Guess what: THAT REALLY HAPPENED!!!! In 1849, a slave named Henry Brown from Richmond, VA shipped himself to the office of the Anti-Slavery Society in PA in the hopes of reaching freedom. He is even flipped upside down due to careless movers. He was eventually flipped right side up when someone wanted to sit on the box. After 27 hours, he makes it to his destination, and SURVIVES!!!! How COOL is that?! He eventually becomes famous for his work in the anti-slavery movement and moves to England due to the Fugitive Slave Law passed in 1850 in the USA. (Thanks to Mysteries at the Museum for the info)
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That is very cool indeed! Since he said in the episode that they did that regularly, I figured that it was a real practice, but I'd never actually looked into it. That's crazy that he also got flipped like that for goodness-knows-how-long!
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Yes, somebody besides me watches that show! That has to go up in at least my top four.
I knew slaves did some pretty things to get away, and there have been horrifying stories from the Civil War, but I can't help laugh at part of this. A slave, to get away from his slave masters, ships himself to the headquarters of the Anti-Slavery Society.
That's irony in a very smart way: because it works. A similar scenario would be like a drunkard, desperate to escape the bottle, shipping himself to the headquarters of the Temperance Union.
I knew slaves did some pretty things to get away, and there have been horrifying stories from the Civil War, but I can't help laugh at part of this. A slave, to get away from his slave masters, ships himself to the headquarters of the Anti-Slavery Society.
That's irony in a very smart way: because it works. A similar scenario would be like a drunkard, desperate to escape the bottle, shipping himself to the headquarters of the Temperance Union.
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YAY!! I'm not the only one who watches it either! I LOVE it! So much cool stuff!The Old Judge wrote:Yes, somebody besides me watches that show! That has to go up in at least my top four.
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Gonna check this show out!
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It is on Travel Channel on Thursday nights if I remember right. manfrednissley.
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It is also on their website!
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